Solar activity ranged from low to high
levels. Low levels wereobserved on 25-26 and 29 Aug, moderate (R1-minor)
levels on 27-28and 30 Aug while high (R2-moderate) levels occurred on 24
Aug. Thevast majority of activity was observed from Region 2403 (S15,
L=193,class/area Fkc/1190 on 25 Aug). In total, this region produced
atotal of 58 C-class and six M-class flares. Region 2405 (S19,
L=089,class/area Cro/020 on 29 Aug) produced a total of four weak
C-classflares.

The period began at high levels as Region 2403
produced an impulsiveM5/1b flare at 24/0733 UTC. Later on the 24th, the
region producedan M1 flare at 24/1746 UTC. On 27-28 Aug, Region 2403
produced atotal of three M-class flares; an M2/1n at 27/0544 UTC, an M2/1f
at28/1316 UTC and an M2/1n at 28/1903 UTC. The period ended whenRegion
2403 produced a long duration M1 flare at 30/0330 UTC. Duringthe period, no
Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) weredetected.

No proton
events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV
electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was athigh levels on 24-25 and 29 Aug
and moderate levels on 26-28 and 30Aug. The peak flux observed during the
summary period was 1,840 pfuat 25/1700 UTC.

Geomagnetic field
activity ranged from quiet to major storm levels.Quiet to unsettled levels
were observed on 24-25 Aug due to waningeffects from a positive polarity
coronal hole high speed stream (CHHSS). Solar wind parameters reflected a
nominal wind environmentwith speeds decreasing from about 500 km/s to near
350 km/s by lateon 25 Aug. Early on 26 Aug, geomagnetic field conditions
increasedto unsettled to minor storm (G1-minor) levels due to
transienteffects from the 22 Aug CME. Geomagnetic activity further
increasedon 27 Aug to active to major storm (G2-moderate) levels
andpersisted at these levels through 28 Aug. During this time frame,wind
speeds were unimpressive averaging about 350 km/s but the
totalinterplanetary magnetic field (Bt) peaked at 14 nT coupled
withsteady southward Bz to -12 nT.

FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 31
AUGUST-26 SEPTEMBER 2015

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to
low levels from 31Aug - 10 Sep and again from 25-26 Sep. From 11-24 Sep,
activitylevels are expected to increase to low to moderate (R1-minor) due
tothe return of old Region 2403 (S15, L=193).

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at minor
storm(G1-minor) levels on 01-02 Sep and 19 Sep due to positive
polarityCH HSS effects. Unsettled to active levels are expected on
03-04Sep, 12-16 Sep, 18 Sep, 20 Sep and 24-25 Sep due to
positivepolarity CH HSS effects. Mostly quiet levels are expected for
theremainder of the outlook period.

So
IRR is back on SW; for a while Area 51 on WBCQ was carrying it. Mark Taylor
referred to this as ``Review of International Broadcasting``, a title already
spoken for (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA.
6950-USB, Aug 31 at 0135, rechecking the IRR relay, now something on USB instead
of AM and playing a bit of music, but as soon as I tune in, switch to CW and
then SSTV, more like 6950.5? It`s Amphetamine Radio, matching details
here:

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1788 monitoring:
confirmed Sunday August 30 at 2300 on WRMI 11580; sufficient. Also confirmed
from 0322 UT Monday August 31 on WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB Area 51; and 0330 Monday on
WRMI 9955. Both checked first on webcast, then confirmed after 0330 on SW.
Next:

1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955

0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB

1315 UT
Wednesday WRMI 9955

1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ
7490v

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5109.7-USB,
Aug 31 at 0057, Area 51 via WBCQ, Johnny Lightning, something about clitoral
stimulation and Niagra; RNI jingle, discussing Trump; S9+15-20, and back on the
SSB transmitter unlike last night when AM on-frequency. On webcast keeps going
way past 0300 with politico/religious comments about #uckabee, et al. Finally
his prostate calls upon him to use the facilities and starts to play tune on his
webcast, but WBCQ cuts away to start WOR 1788 at 0322 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5090.175, Aug 31 at 0101, WTWW-2 is on 5085.0
and putting out intermittent spur here with same modulation; then another one
pinpointed to 5088.7 on the NRD-545 with very fine tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, Aug 31 at 0111, VOV English to
North America is back to VG level, S9 and plenty modulation; seems slightly low
about 12004.98. Past few nights was virtually inaudible, presumably due to
propagation disturbance. Only registered as Woofferton site, but it would make
sense to switch to Ascension under such circumstances if they are going to stay
on 12 MHz till Octend (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

domenica 30 agosto 2015

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Two anonymous
gunmen launched a hit-and-run attack on an Islamic State radio station inside
Mosul, the group’s stronghold, a Kurdish official said Saturday.Saeed Mamuzini, the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) spokesman for Mosul, told Rudaw that ISIS immediately after the
attack set up a series of checkpoints inside the city to hunt the two
assailants.“The attack didn’t cause any casualties, and
none of the assailants were injured,” Mamuzini said. Al-Bayan radio network airs a news/talk
format and broadcasts in Arabic, Kurdish, English, French and Russian. The ISIS
radio station has been framed as “highly professional” and compared to NPR and
the BBC for tone and quality.Early in April ISIS launched English-language
radio news bulletins on Al-Bayan. Al-Bayan's reporting on the group’s military
operations and propaganda has been referenced by the Associated Press and the
Washington Post.The group also publishes a monthly online
English-language magazine called Dabiq, with religious lessons, plus news about
its activities. The magazine is concerned with establishing the religious
legitimacy of the terror group and its self-proclaimed caliphate.

ALASKA Weak signal of KNLS, The New Life Station on August 291500-1600 on
9655 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian, QRM RL Belorussian on
9645http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/very-weak-signal-of-knls-new-life.html

** MEXICO. 1300, Aug 29 at 0548 UT, I am rechecking 24 hours later the SS
circumstantially identified as XEP, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Again a dominant
signal from WSW (or ENE), apropos for 38,000 rather than legal 200 watts, but
plenty of CCI. Is playing romantic song, ``Aquellos Ojos Verdes``; 0551 ``En
Radio México Noticias, también música bonita``, then ``16 Tons`` in English! but
not by TennErnFord, no bass this one. 0557, Radio México Noticias promo, federal
promo for La Hora Nacional, promo some RMN morning shows; more music; 0602
``Escuchas Radio México Noticias``, no further ID and into choral NA. 0604, NA
is over already, and finally an ID for Radio México Noticias, including XEP
call. This station is obviously determined to maintain its ``news`` identity
even when playing music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**
NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, Aug 30 at 0127, JBA carrier from Mighty KBC via
GERMANY, so another propagational bust: can`t wait till next week for the QSY to
7375. Little from Europe+ is making it on 9: Albania, Turkey, Cairo all JBACs,
and Greece must be off again from both frequencies. WWV
reported:

** NORTH
AMERICA. 6965-USB, Aug 30 at 0139, music at good level, S9; 0140 ``nobody knows
indie rock like DJ Dick Weed. This is Radio Free What-ever``. Allan Weiner said
last night on WBCQ that pirates should use AM instead of SSB; but the SSB ones
generally do better here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU.
5980, Aug 30 at 0059, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 0106:49.5*
which 38 seconds later than last catch six nights ago on Aug 24 at 0106:11.5 ---
i.e., averaging 6.33 later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**
U S A [and non]. Saturday at 1430 when World of Radio is supposed to be on, No
signal audible from Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 via UTwente. Same as on
Wednesdays. Can anyone hear it? Even Tom Taylor? 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 29,
BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

World of Radio confirmed here on 7265 at 1440 UT
tune-in but it`s a very weak signal, SIO 242 at best, improving slightly at
1445. I think that Twente, being that much closer to Germany, must be in the
skip zone. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks UK, AOR 7030+ 25m long wire,
ibid.)

This morning via Twente signals from Germany only on 3985 kHz and
3995 kHz. Not even a carrier visible on 49 m and 41 m. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany,
ibid.)

Hi Glenn, No problem here in northwest England, I just finished
listening to it. It wasn't very strong, especially at the start, but was
perfectly readable throughout much of the last 20 minutes (Alan Gale, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Next:

UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, Aug 29 at 0607 UT, very good signal
dominating, unlike normal nightmiddle situation here, with sports talk by YL
hostess, soon IDed as Yahoo Sports Radio, discussing TCU which on a national net
doesn`t mean this is Texas, yet smax of KGOW Bellaire (Houston) TX, EXCEPT this
loops roughly NE/SW, all wrong for KGOW, and which on night pattern throws out
into the Gulf 15 kW, while day pattern goes NE with 46 kW (and is a bigsig even
here to the NNW around SR/SS. If this is it despite the DF, has to be on day
pattern).

does
NOT have any listing of affiliates, just a bunch of sports news stories linked!
Furthermore, searching yahoosports on KGOW gets no hits!

Strength,
power, DF and network are all wrong for our puny OKC sports outlet, KEBC Del
City, 1/0.25 kW like an old graveyarder. WMBH Joplin MO closer to east is
another sportster, but is ESPN, even punier at 35 watts night. So WHAT IS THIS??
Some otherstation with a format flip? KLNG Council Bluffs IA is a 10 kW
daytimer, sometimes nighttimer, but Christian the last we knew and in the new
NRC AM Log. Another possibility: WPAD Paducah KY, 10/5 kW, which is now branded
for its puny FM translator ``The Fan 99.5``, with a ``lineup`` showing some NBC
Sports Radio, mostly Fox Sports Radio, including 1-5 am CDT (even weekends?), no
YSR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2600.0, Aug 30
at 0056 UT, JBA signal on AM as I am tuning for the Canadian marine weather on
2598 (not heard), but this is something new; trace of music? Most likely a 2 x
1300 harmonic, so could it be WNQM Nashville? Just because they mix with WWCR
onto 6220 doesn`t mean they also put out direct harmonix. Also crossed by slow
ionosonde. Gone at recheck 0110 UT. So the unID`s official sunset could have
been 0100 UT, off or to lower power. WNQM should do that at 0045 UT correctly in
August, but we suspect they were not strictly compliant. The 0100 UT strip would
be somewhat west of Nashville, such as IL, MS – plenty of possibilities. To be
chased further. BTW, no carrier on 2660 at this time from presumed KGLD 1300
Tyler TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6940-CW,
Aug 30 at 0101 as I am scanning for voice pirates, someone is roughly
hand-keying a long string of Vs, and then a message I don`t copy, but never
heard a DE. Pirate? There is also a RTTY signal much of the time in the 6940s
intruding among pirates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7200-LSB, Aug 30 at 0120, someham is playing music,
fragment of ``My Way`` by Sinatra; other hams in net including K5FAB continue
talking with seeming little note of it; about WDBJ.

7000-LSB, Aug 30 at
0138, as I start another scan downward of the pirate band, brief bit of music
here too amid the CW; same guy? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

VOA Radiogram, 29-30 August 2015: MFSK image at 1500 Hz, then 2000
HzThis weekend’s VOA Radiogram will include an experiment suggested by Mark
in the UK. Mark notices that interference to MFSK images comes from RF noise
that is concentrated in the lower audio frequencies. He wants to know if images
might be clearer if they are transmitted at a higher audio
frequency.

Because of a few extra minutes in this weekend’s program, the
third image will be transmitted a second time, at a center frequency of 2000
Hz.

Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 126, 29-30 August
2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted:

Wishing you to join to our sw-transmission in August 30th! We proudly
transmit best ever music on 13.6 MHz (13600 kHz) this Sunday 30th of August 2015
19-20 hours UTC. Please join with!

With... Wishes to our listeners and few request songs, Contest
info, Hobart Radio news. And large amount of great rock-mx.

And we
really wish you to be with our px 6th of September, same channel, same time...
big announcement there- wishing you new or older dear friends of Spaceshuttle
being listening-and having nice time...

Your letters/reception reports are very
welcome to our address in Herten:

Radio Spaceshuttle International P.O.Box 2702
NL: 6049 ZG Herten The Netherlands A little fee (2 euros) for return postage (for full info printed
QSLs) is needed! Quick responce and communication is possible by e-mail: spaceshuttleradio@yahoo.comBest Regards!, Dick of Radio
Spaceshuttle

** BRAZIL. 11815, Aug 29 at 0117, R. Brasil Central with music,
just S3 but no spurs blocking it --- until a trace of some from the lower side
circa 11812 out of 11780 RNA, of course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 5910 & 6010, Aug 29 at 0110, no signals from
HJDH and HJDH (but a JBA carrier on 6010.0; HFCC shows only possibility is a 5
kW reserve transmitter in Belarus, 23 hours a day; more likely a 5 kW Brasilian,
unbeknownst to HFCC, but not off-frequency?). It seems the last time the
Colombians were heard was May 23 as in DXLD 15-21.

I asked HJDH QSL
manager Rafael Rodríguez R. in Bogotá why they are off, and received this rather
surprising reply, original Spanish in the dxldyg and next DXLD; here in my
translation: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Best Regards, Mr.
Hauser, Earlier this year, Martin Stendal was linked by the Colombian Attorney
General in an investigation for alleged support he would give the Colombian
guerrillas of the FARC. He was accused by two former guerrillas seeking economic
and legal benefits, incriminating Martin. The investigation determined that the
work he carried out in no way could be interpreted as support for the FARC,
because what he does is just evangelize and seek peace in Colombia.

Among
the accusations, it was mentioned that he used the shortwave broadcasters to
send encrypted messages, something that was not proven, but during the period of
the investigation he preferred to keep them off the air. At the end of May he
was exonerated of any accusations.

He also suffered the loss of his
father, who started the evangelical work here in Colombia. After that I could
not really have direct contact with him. I am informed he has decided to wait
until all the investigation calms down and he is not currently in Colombia.

The organization decided to perform preventive maintenance on the
equipment which already had some flaws, but an ongoing problem in the area where
the transmitters are located is the electricity supply (ups and downs, absence,
etc.). After the maintenance it was decided to hold off until the situation is
regularized, through a power plant fueled by diesel.

Actually I have no
official information about ceasing broadcasts on shortwave, but all the work
that Martin and his organization developed is going through changes. I am
confident that sometime soon they will reactivate transmissions.

PS. I
send you some links about the situation experienced by Martin with Colombian
Attorney General, which has been solved for the better:

** CUBA. 1620, Aug
29 at 0138, R. Rebelde with excited commentary, but NOT // 5025, which is to be
expected as 1620 then mentions ``sorteo de béisbol --- de la FM Radio Rebelde``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9755-9760-9765,
Aug 28 at 1305, DRM noise, not scheduled, but likely RNZI during what is
normally a DRM hiatus, even for the special HFCC broadcasts. 9760 had been on
their DRM schedule later before moving to 7330. Now from Aug 29, DRM should
resume sporadic RNZI schedule as-needed for relays, mostly on weekdays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

``Hi Glen[n]. Thanks for the info. It seems
that there is some internet link disturbance that's crept up recently in the OU
network. We feed it over Tieline IP codecs. To help mask the problem, I've
changed the profile on the Tieline encoder headed that way, adding 100% Forward
Error Correction (basically sending the audio packets twice slightly delayed).
That seems to have stopped the drop-out problem, at least at 5:30 (lots of
people might have gone home at OU, lessening the problem naturally; we shall
see). We normally have a very good path up to there, effectively on fiber most
of the way through the same service provider. If it acts up again, I can switch
out to our cellular modem for a while. I'll try to keep an eye on it for the
next few days. Thanks! PR`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

**
SRI LANKA. 11905, Aug 29 at *0114:11.5, carrier on from SLBC; don`t hear any
music starting, but must be just too weak, as I can barely make out the 2+1
mistimesignal ending at 0115:19.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 6220.0-AM, WMDB Nashville TN, relayed by WNQM 1300,
relayed by mixing spur with WWCR-4, 7520 minus 1300. Originally there was a
power cut at 0045 UT, official August sunset in Nashville, corresponding to WNQM
switch from 50 kW ND day to 5 kW direxional night. The signal after then would
be detectable but much weaker.

I wasn`t listening before 0045 tonight,
but surprised to be hearing it at ``high`` power level, 0105 UT Sat August 29,
with ranchera music rating S6 vs storm crash peaks at S9. 0106 UT ``La
Ranchera`` slogan of WMDB 880. 7520 WWCR is still on to produce the mixture, but
I am not hearing much if any audio from it on 6220. 0132 still audible now at
~S7, and at 0144. So did WNQM stay on 50 kW after sunset??

This cannot
last past 0158 when 7520 switches to 5890 UT Tue-Sat --- and one might
reasonably expect to find the next SW-minus-MW mix on 5890 minus 1300 = 4590,
but not sought lately. That will be on air all night; but 5890 doesn`t start
until 0400 UT Sundays, 0300 UT Mondays. 7520 is not on air at all weekends, so
no 6220 possible till UT Tuesday, but under these circumstances we should still
hear it in September when WNQM supposedly cuts to night power and pattern at
0000 UT just as 7520 is starting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1788 monitoring: confirmed
Friday August 28 at 2330 on WRMI-12, 5850, good signal on their lowest
frequency, not much subject to propagation disturbances, and on 315 degree
antenna right across the middle of North America; can only improve into fall and
winter, so I hope we can keep this time & frequency. Next:

** U S A. 7489.95-AM, UT Sat Aug 29 at 0145 tune-in to `Allan
Weiner Worldwide` live on WBCQ, running way over, but why not? Good signal and
// 5110.0-AM (DSB plus carrier) which is much weaker in noise; and 9330 is not
on. He`s had a long phone call with Anthony(?) a young person laudably
interested in radio; now starts going thru some pirate logs from the latest Free
Radio Weekly, mentions that a lot of them are by Glenn Hauser.

This
prompts Scott Becker to call in, suggesting they ``drag`` me to the next
WinterFest, where I have ``never been``, ungluing me from my chair (tho I do go
to the PO Box, they admit). Suggests putting a poll on the WBCQ website whether
people would like to meet me, ``a friggin` institution`` at the next Fest. Scott
also threatens to visit me from his place 50 miles away in Kansas. 0151 back to
some more FRW pirate logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S
A. 5085, Aug 29 at 0155, open carrier/dead air at 50 to 60 over S9 level from
WTWW-2, with some hum as always. I assume Ted is about to play DJ prior to the
0400 `Midnight [sic] in the Desert` Art Bell broadcast, as I think he does most
weeknights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non].
12005, Aug 29 at 0113, VOV English relay to N America via UK remains nothing but
a JBA carrier; summer is over, hastened by geomag storm not recovered from yet,
and more to come in early September (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BIAFRA [non]. 15560, Aug 28 circa 1805, no signal here from R. Biafra (nor on
15660 as misreported elsewhere), but others further east are hearing it poorly
on 18-20 UT schedule. Based on reception quality, Bill Bingham in RSA suspects
the site is not Issoudun, FRANCE as previously supposed. Also, it`s
off-frequency, not likely for TDF/MBR, as noted by Rodney Johnson, NV via the
UTwente remote SDR: ``Hearing English (heavy African accent) right now (~1945)
on 15560.45``. Bill Bingham says the alleged 06-08 broadcast has not been
confirmed on 15560, but instead a DW relay via South Africa is still there from
0627 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, Aug 28 at 0546.4 UT, timecheck
in Spanish for 11:45; loops WSW, music. Only two XEs are in the summer UT -6
zone, XEJL in Sinaloa, 1000/250 watts; and XEP Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,
38000/200 watts, but the latter often heard here with suspected day power at
night. However, it soon lost out to the CCI. No US SS stations in the UT -6 zone
according to the 2015 NRC AM Log, but some Texans in UT -5. Assuming the TC is
only a sesquiminute off instead of an hour off. No, the Mexican NA can be heard
at 0602 UT, so local midnite in MDT zone. Spanish music still audible at 0613 by
monitoring LSB only, conveniently suppressed by KHAC which had resumed
modulating on USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA.
1650, Aug 28 at 0559 UT, ``AM 16-50, Arklahoma`s talk radio, KYHN, Fort Smith``,
nice singing ID, bong and CBS news. So still no sign of the alleged call change
to WFSM which FCC shows, and quoted by some other DX sources without really
monitoring it. Here`s the callsign history page showing previous KYHN and
others, but not the date WFSM supposedly started:

** OKLAHOMA. Hi Karen, In case you haven`t heard, when KWOU [88.1
Woodward] has been audible yesterday and today, it`s marred by audio
interruptions once or twice a minute, but highly variable. There`s a ringing
sound and a few seconds silence before resuming, rather like internet buffering.
Is that how you are feeding it? Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Aug 28, to KGOU GM
Karen Holp, via DXLD) For example logged at 1332 & 1334 UT Aug 28, buffering
bangs (gh)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Aug 28 at 2105 UT, KUCO classical music,
Debussy`s ``Images`` is extremely rudely interrupted by an Amber Alert --- but
it`s so noisy it can`t be understood. (Later, on the news, it was a 2-year old
boy abducted by his father yesterday at an OKC Walmart, recovered).

A
few minutes later, KUCO announcer acted as if nothing had happened ruining the
music (and my seminap) --- maybe he couldn`t tell? There has got to be a better
way to do this. Of course I am not opposing the idea of Amber Alerts for missing
persons, but like EAS tests which aren`t immediately urgent, these should be
*managed* NOT to block out programming in progress, and furthermore, done with
decent modulation. Why is that so difficult? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1788 monitoring: confirmed Friday August
28 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and now much better at 2130.5 on WRMI 7570.
Next:

venerdì 28 agosto 2015

Shortwave propagation was difficult during the weekend of 15-16 August, but
it was a good workout for the text modes.

The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 -- with
a very vertical image -- Sunday at 0230 UTC (Saturday 10:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz,
via Germany. It's part of the KBC broadcast to North America Sundays 0000-0300
UTC. Reports for this KBC transmission to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com.

Because of a major paper deadline last weekend, followed by a busy week of
audience research, I fell even further behind answering your emails. I will get
back to the emails today. If you would like to see the gallery of MFSK32 images
from program 119, 11-12 July 2015, it can be downloaded from here ...

Turnkey
project with transmitters and antennas to be installed for TDA at Bechar and
Ouargla

Turgi, Switzerland, August 21,
2015. Ampegon has received a major
contract by Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA) for development and installation of
new shortwave transmission systems, enabling TDA to broadcast SW without
purchasing airtime from third party vendors. Ampegon has been selected within a
restricted international call to tender as supplier. The company had already
successfully installed multiple projects in Algeria. In 2014, Ampegon in
cooperation with Transradio replaced the 1.5 MW longwave transmission systems
near Tipaza and is presently modernizing two mediumwave transmitter stations in
Bechar and Oulet Fayed.

Ampegon will accompany TDA through the entire project - developing
turnkey solutions at the two sites including two 300 kW shortwave transmitters,
two shortwave antenna systems and civil works. All the antenna works will be
carried out by Ampegon in Schifferstadt, Germany, while the transmitters will be
designed and constructed at the Ampegon factory in Turgi, Switzerland. The
multi-million Euro project will be finished within two years at the end of
2016.

Earlier this year
Martin Stendal was linked by the Colombian Attorney General in an investigation
for alleged support he would give the Colombian guerrillas of the FARC. He was
accused by two former guerrillas seeking economic and legal benefits,
incriminating Martin. The investigation determined that the work he carried out
in no way could be interpreted as support for the FARC, because what he does is
just evangelize and seek peace in Colombia.

Among the accusations, it was
mentioned that he used the shortwave broadcasters to send encrypted messages,
something that was not proven but during the period of the investigation he
preferred to keep them off the air. At the end of May he was exonerated of any
accusations.

He also suffered the loss of his father, who started the
evangelical work here in Colombia.

After that I could not really have
direct contact with him. I am informed he has decided to wait until all the
investigation calms down and he is not currently in Colombia.

The
organization decided to perform preventive maintenance on the equipment which
already had some flaws, but an ongoing problem in the area where the
transmitters are located is the electricity supply (ups and downs, absence,
etc.). After the maintenance it was decided to hold off until the situation is
regularized, through a power plant fueled by diesel.

Actually I have no
official information about ceasing broadcasts on shortwave, but all the work
that Martin and his organization developed is going through changes. I am
confident that sometime soon they will reactivate transmissions.

PS. I
send you some links about the situation experienced by Martin with Colombian
Attorney General, which has been solved for the better (Rafael Rodríguez R.,
Bogotá, Colombia, Aug 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[ Masterweb Reports ] - Radio Biafra has launched a satellite television dubbed Biafra Television and a shortwave (SW) radio that will cover most Africa and beyond. According to the clandestine station, the frequency of the broadcast is 15560 kHz in the 19 meter band and hours of broadcast for the time being, 7.00 – 9.00 am and 7.00 – 9.00 pm Nigerian time. The station still broadcasts on FM, satellite and Internet, even though Nigeria National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) claim they have blocked them on FM and satellite, and would also do the same on Internet. Briefing Journalists last month after a meeting between officials of Ministry of Information and President Buhari, Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information said: “Right now the signals from radio Biafra have been jammed successfully by NBC. The commission is also working with security agencies to get those that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio. It is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwaves in Nigeria.”

Nnamdi Kanu, Radio Biafra Director in a statement posted on their website, described their shortwave radio as “Nuclear War Head”. It is unbelievable that Radio Biafra that is supposed to have had its wings clipped by NBC is now not only broadcasting in the South East and Niger Delta but now sending its air waves across Nigeria and Africa. Has NBC lost the air wave war with Radio Biafra? The answer will be known with what happens in the next few days.

The next test broadcast of Marconi Radio International is scheduled tomorrow,
29th August 2015, from approximately 1230 to 1430 UTC. Our frequency is 11390
kHz and power in the region of 30 watts. Test broadcasts consist of non stop
music and station identification announcements in Italian, English, Spanish and
Catalan.

FRANCE(non)
Clandestine Radio Biafra now broadcasting on shortwave from Aug.27:1800-2000
on 15560, after DWL French 17-18 on 15560 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf.Open
carrier, dead air till 1805, then music and English program, very poor
todayI'm out of their target zone. On Aug.28 NO SIGNAL of R.Biafra from 0600
on
15560.http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/radio-biafra-is-on-air-on-15560.html

Upcoming
frequency changes of Radio TV Algerienne and Vatican
Radiohttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/upcoming-frequency-changes-of-radio-tv.html

Algerian broadcaster Télédiffusion d’Algérie has enlisted Switzerland-based
company Ampegon to install shortwave transmission systems at two sites in
Bechar and Ouargla. These new transmitters will enable TDA to broadcast
shortwave without utilizing third-party vendors, says the company. Ampegon will
develop turnkey solutions at both sites including two 300 kW shortwave
transmitters, two shortwave antenna systems and civil works. The project is
estimated to be completed at the end of 2016. Ampegon, in cooperation with
Transradio, previously installed a 1.5 MW longwave transmission system in
Algeria near Tipaza, and is presently modernizing two medium-wave transmitter
stations in Bechar and Oulet Fayed.

** BIAFRA [non]. 15560, Aug 27 at 1943, JBA carrier with Doppler flutter during
very disturbed propagation conditions, but it must be the new SW service of R.
Biafra, clandestine, the one which had been on FM only but really bothering the
powers that be in Nigeria. I wonder how much of it, if any, is in English. Tnx
to José Miguel Romero for the story:

Radio
Biafra has launched a satellite television dubbed Biafra Television and a
shortwave (SW) radio that will cover most Africa and beyond. According to the
clandestine station, the frequency of the broadcast is 15560 kHz in the 19 meter
band and hours of broadcast for the time being, 7.00 – 9.00 am and 7.00 – 9.00
pm Nigerian time. The station still broadcasts on FM, satellite and Internet,
even though Nigeria National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) claim they have
blocked them on FM and satellite, and would also do the same on Internet.

Briefing Journalists last month after a meeting between officials of
Ministry of Information and President Buhari, Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Information said: "Right now the signals from radio
Biafra have been jammed successfully by NBC. The commission is also working with
security agencies to get those that are behind that radio because it is an
illegal radio. It is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwaves in
Nigeria."

Nnamdi Kanu, Radio Biafra Director in a statement posted on
their website, described their shortwave radio as "Nuclear War Head". It is
unbelievable that Radio Biafra that is supposed to have had its wings clipped by
NBC is now not only broadcasting in the South East and Niger Delta but now
sending its air waves across Nigeria and Africa. Has NBC lost the air wave war
with Radio Biafra? The answer will be known with what happens in the next few
day[s]``

The story is illustrated with a young opposite-gender couple
embracing, but not clear who they are. The local times given in UT +1 correspond
to UT: 06-08 and 18-20. It`s likely that the site is Issoudun, FRANCE, which is
on 15560 to Africa immediately prior to both broadcasts (but Deutsche Welle
relays had then been scheduled, presumably, as backup/alternatives, surely out
of the way for this).

We may hope for better reception to come; WWV
reported at 1800 Aug 27:

``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 August
follow.

Solar flux 126 and estimated planetary A-index 30.

The estimated
planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 27 August was 5.

Space weather for the past
24 hours has been moderate.

Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level
occurred.

Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.

Space weather
for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.

Geomagnetic storms reaching
the G1 level are expected.

Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are
likely.``

(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17730, Aug 27
at 2003 on caradio, RHC Portuguese but with suptorted modulation. Can be their
best afternoon frequency.

11840, Aug 28 at 0012, RHC is open carrier/dead
air, while 11760 is modulating plentifully, running S9+30 and splashing up to 15
kHz out, kind of mixing with the RNB spur around 11745. 11670 is also on, not
quite as strong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND.
9885-9890-9895, Aug 27 at 1255, DRM noise, no doubt RNZI in temporary test
display for the benefit of attendees at HFCC B-15 in Brisbane, Australia, on
this frequency at 0759-1258 for one more day (and a break after 1300) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. (1650), Aug 28 at 1700 UT,
KYHN webcast is in Herman Cain show, but no break at hourtop --- he`s in a
20-minute quick-response segment; another far right wacko is on an hour later,
with no break either, so I conclude the webcast, if really from KYHN, whose ID I
was wanting to reconfirm instead of ``WFSM``, is way off-time as surely these
shows accede to hourtop news hole breaks in real time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 8820, Aug 27 at 2355 I start monitoring on the NRD-545
for the 7520+1300 WWCR+WNQM mixing product to pop on at the same time as 7520 on
the PL-880. This happens at *2358:28 but nothing detectable on 8820. Propagation
is very degraded and the noise level is high. I was able to hear 8820 carrier
before but want to match its cut-on to 7520.

6220, I retune to and find a
better than before signal from the 7520 minus 1300 mixing product, registering
S8+, music in Spanish past hourtop to 0001 Aug 28 brief unreadable announcement,
more music. As previously discovered, this is WMDB 880, ``La Ranchera``,
Nashville, buying night-time on WNQM 1300. At first there was audio mix as
before from some poor 2-way USB sailor. I couldn`t hear much from WWCR on 6220,
till just a bit of steel drumming up to 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 11870, Aug 28 at 0014, WEWN is quite weak with Doppler
flutter on the carrier due to propagation disturbance (see BIAFRA), as are some
but not all other degraded US signals. No such problem affects the lower WRMI
frequencies, altho bands above 12 MHz are nearly dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)